In Landmark Decision, U.S. Patent Office Cancels Trademark For Redskins Football Team
The Board ruled that the name was “disparaging to Native Americans” and could not receive trademarks under federal law.
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Smallpox 1775-1782
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Between 1775 and 1782 a smallpox epidemic swept through North America, shaping the course of the American Revolution and decimating native communities across the continent. A research and teaching tool, Pox Americana allows users to watch the epidemic unfold and read the accounts of those who witnessed (and survived) its devastating effects. The seed data
Read moreObama To Make First Visit To Native American Reservation As President
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama will pay his first visit as president to Indian Country when he travels to a Native American reservation in North Dakota next week. In an opinion piece published Thursday by an online tribal newspaper, Obama announced that he and first lady Michelle Obama plan to visit Standing Rock
Read moreAILJ : Seattle University School of Law : Seattle, Washington
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “The American Indian Law Journal, published by the Seattle University School of Law, is currently accepting submissions for potential publication in the fall and spring issues. The American Indian Law Journal serves as a vital online resource providing high quality articles on issues relevant to Indian law practitioners and scholars across the country. The deadline for submissions
Read more#BigGame commercial the NFL would never air
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Watch the #BigGame commercial the NFL would never air. Get involved by contacting the Washington Professional Football Team, the NFL and the Washington Post: DC Team @redskins Facebook.com/redskins http://www.redskins.com/footer/contac… Roger Goodell & NFL @NFL @NFLcommish https://www.facebook.com/NFL ; Washington Post DC’s hometown paper is still using the R-word in its coverage of the team. @WashingtonPost @PostSports
Read moreFirst Nation teen told not to wear ‘Got Land?’ shirt at school
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations A Saskatchewan student was told not to wear a sweatshirt in school that has the words “Got Land? Thank an Indian” on it, although officials have since relented.Tenelle Starr, 13, is in Grade 8 and goes to school in Balcarres, about 90 kilometres northeast of Regina. She is a member of the nearby Star
Read moreWiyot People of California
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations In the early hours of Feb 26 1860 the Whites began their 2 day massacre (up to 5 days by other accounts) on at least 12 CA Indian sites. Dulawat village on Indian Island, on the lower Eel River, at least two locations on the South Spit, at Table Bluff, in the Fortuna area, in the Rio Dell
Read moreRemembrance, reconciliation are focus of Dakota 38+2 Riders
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations NEW ULM – On horseback, bundled against the cold, a band of riders passed near New Ulm Tuesday, one day away from arriving in Mankato to commemorate one of the saddest, angriest moments in Minnesota’s history. The Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride originated in Lower Brule, S.D., has been making its way across
Read moreMore than 150 years after brutal slaughter, a small tribe returns home | Al Jazeera America
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations “After losing much of their ancestry, the Wiyots are learning their traditions in preparation for a renewal ceremony A posse of white settlers sneaked through the darkness one night in 1860 and murdered more than 50 Native American women and children, mostly with axes and hatchets. “Amidst the wailing of mutilated
Read moreWhat Really Happened at the First Thanksgiving? The Wampanoag Side of the Tale
See on Scoop.it – 500 Nations Ramona Peters, the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe’s Tribal Historic Preservation Officer told Indian Country Today Media Network in a conversation on the day before Thanksgiving 2012—391 years since that mythological “first Thanksgiving.” So the Pilgrims didn’t invite the Wampanoags to sit down and eat turkey and drink some beer? [laughs] Ah, no. Well, let’s put
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